New Hope in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Aquetong Creek

HistoricTownsOfAmerica.com - Guy Saladino, October 15, 2021

1. Aquetong Creek Marker

Inscription. Under this bridge flows the Aquetong Creek. This body of water and the Delaware River were the main reasons why people chose to settle here. Aquetong Creek flows all year long. It is fed primarily by a natural spring, located two miles to the west, which produces 2,000 gallons of water per minute. The strong stream flow created by the spring supplied the energy to turn the waterwheels that powered the many mills once located along the creek. These mills and enterprises made New Hope the foremost industrial town in Bucks County in the 1800s. Aquetong Creek is also known as the Great Springs Creek and Ingham Creek.

Erected by Aquetong Watershed Association & Bucks County Water & Sewer Authority.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 40° 21.751′ N, 74° 57.059′ W. Marker is in New Hope, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County. It is on River Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Hope PA 18938, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: New Hope Mills (a few steps from this marker); Vansant House (within shouting distance of this marker); Road to Monmouth Battlefield

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Indian Logan (within shouting distance of this marker); Ferry Landing (within shouting distance of this marker); 2 East Ferry Street (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cannon (about 300 feet away); New Hope World War I Memorial (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Hope.

Photographed by Lisa Edelson, June 5, 2015

2. Aquetong Creek Marker

Photographed by Lisa Edelson, June 5, 2015

3. Aquetong Creek Marker

Aquetong Creek as viewed from the River Road bridge image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lisa Edelson, June 5, 2015

4. Aquetong Creek as viewed from the River Road bridge

Credits. This page was last revised on March 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2015, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. This page has been viewed 729 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 24, 2023, by HistoricTownsOfAmerica.com - Guy Saladino of Long Beach, New York. 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 7, 2015, by Alan Edelson of Union Twsp., New Jersey. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.